Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 26, 1939

18 N.L.R.B. 698 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of KELSEY HAYES WHEEL COMPANY, A CORPORATION and
LOCAL 174, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS
OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
Case No. R-1543
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 26, 1939
On October 27, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled proceedings.' On November 16, 1939, the Company
filed a petition and motion to vacate the Direction of Election and
to dismiss the petition for the investigation and certification of repre-
sentatives. Thereafter, the Union filed objections to the petition and
motion to vacate the Direction of Election and to dismiss the petition.
On November 18, 1939, the Board denied the petition and motion to
vacate the Direction of Election, and on November 22, 1939, issued
an Amendment to Direction of Election.2 Pursuant to the Direction
of Election, as amended, an election by secret ballot was conducted
on December 4, 1939, under the direction and supervision of the Re-
gional Director for the Seventh Region. On December 7, 1939, the
said Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
issued and duly served upon the parties his Election Report. No
objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report have
been filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 3,258
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 2, 724
Total number of valid votes cast__________________________ 2,708
Total number of votes for Local 174, International Union,
United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the
Congress of Industrial Organizations____________________ 2,457
Total number of votes cast against Local 174, International
Union, United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations ------------ 251
116 N. L . R. B. 580.
2 17 N. L. R. B. 986.
18 N. L. R. B., No. 80.
698
KELSEY HAVES WHEEL COMPANY 699
Total number of challenged ballots________________________ 2
Total number of blank ballots _____________________________ 11
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 3
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Local 174, International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, has been designated by a majority of all
production and maintenance employees of Kelsey Hayes Wheel Com-
pany, a corporation, Detroit, Michigan, at its Detroit plants, includ-
ing factory clerks, watchmen, tool and die makers, toolroom
employees, powerhouse employees, and timekeepers, but excluding
foremen, supervisory employees, and office clerical help, as their
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor
Relations Act, Local 174, International Union, United Automobile
Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for
the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment.